The first book chosen for the Ofear Book Club is: The Outsider (L'Etranger) by Albert Camus We (me and the other person _cheesygrin:: ) have picked the Laredo translation (Penguin edition) as it should be available in most countries and L'Etranger, because I am feeling a bit of essentialist angst at the moment... :laugh: Anyone else like to join us? =D

Why do dogs bark?

They are not barking, they are talking in dog. Obviously you don't understand the language.

A book is a collection of paper, parchment or other material with text, pictures, or both written on them, usually bound together along one edge within covers. Each side of a sheet is called a page and a single sheet within a book may be called a leaf. ...

Daniel Wrote:A book is a collection of paper, parchment or other material with text, pictures, or both written on them, usually bound together along one edge within covers. Each side of a sheet is called a page and a single sheet within a book may be called a leaf. ...

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'Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars' - Les Brown
'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent' - Eleanor Roosevelt

Here is a short explanation of the book.
(I found it somewhere on the net)Synopsis
Meursault leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only serve to increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, and challenges the fundamental values of society a set of rules so binding that any person breaking them is condemned as an outsider. For Meursault, this is an insult to his reason and a betrayal of his hopes; for Camus it encapsulates the absurdity of life. In "The Outsider" (1942), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the predicament of the individual who refuses to pretend and is prepared to face the indifference of the universe, courageously and alone.

Quote: Sorry, I just wasn't sure if you two had maybe planed on already starting the book.

I know I could buy the book, but honestly, I'm not too sure if I'm going to like the book and I don't want to buy it and find that I can't read past the first chapter.

:laugh: I am not going to buy it either, same reason as you Ana...what if I think it is awfull :lol:
...unless maybe it is very very cheap...I will have to look into that.
I have just got notice from the library that they have found it for me. I bet you can get a copy from the library too, don't you think Ana?

Shy guy: Have you read it before? Many times? Do you know how long it is?

Bjo Wrote::laugh: I am not going to buy it either, same reason as you Ana...what if I think it is awfull :lol:
...unless maybe it is very very cheap...I will have to look into that.
I have just got notice from the library that they have found it for me. I bet you can get a copy from the library too, don't you think Ana?

:laugh: Well, we only ave one book store here and very rarely do they have sales. So, I probably wouldn't be able to get the book cheap.

I'm going to try the library but the selection is limited.

'Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars' - Les Brown
'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent' - Eleanor Roosevelt

My local library didn't have it...not in English...but they searched the other libraries in Denmark and found that one library in Denmark had this particular copy, and now they are fetching it for me. All of the libraries are connected here...maybe they are where you live too...

I looked at amazon and the book cost about Â£7 pounds for a new copy and about Â£3 pounds for a used one...do you ever buy stuff over the net? I often do, but I am still not sure I will buy this book...

Bjo Wrote:My local library didn't have it...not in English...but they searched the other libraries in Denmark and found that one library in Denmark had this particular copy, and now they are fetching it for me. All of the libraries are connected here...maybe they are where you live too...

I looked at amazon and the book cost about Â£7 pounds for a new copy and about Â£3 pounds for a used one...do you ever buy stuff over the net? I often do, but I am still not sure I will buy this book...

I'm not too sure about the libraries being connected in this area. There is another library I could check about 15 minutes away, but I'd have to bribe someone into driving me their. :roll:

I don't buy anything over the 'net. I can't be botherd!

'Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars' - Les Brown
'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent' - Eleanor Roosevelt